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Donald Trump has said he hopes Israel and Iran can broker a ceasefire but said sometimes countries have to fight it out first.

Speaking to reporters as he left for the G7 in Canada, the president said America will continue to support Israel but declined to say if he asked the US ally to pause strikes on Iran.

Hours earlier, Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, that Iran and Israel "should make a deal, and will make a deal".

"We will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place," he added.

Israel is currently striking Iran's surface-to-surface missile sites in the centre of the country, the IDF has said.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that she spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu regarding developments in the Middle East.

Von der leyen in a post on X reiterated the EU's commitment to peace, stability and diplomatic efforts leading to de-escalation. 

This is what the EU chief had to say...

Iran is telling mediator countries Qatar and Oman that it isn't open to negotiating a ceasefire with Israel while under attack.

This comes from an Iranian official briefed on the matter, who told Reuters that Tehran "will only pursue serious negotiations once Iran has completed its response to the Israeli pre-emptive strikes". 

The official also said reports that Iran appealed to Oman and Qatar to engage the US to broker a ceasefire and renew nuclear talks were inaccurate. 

Iran's deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has shared footage of the the damage caused to Iran's foreign ministry in Tehran.

The clip was taken in the building's library.

In a post on X, Khatibzadeh said several civilians were injured in the attack and a number of his colleagues were taken to hospital for treatment. 

This is what the minister has shared...

The Iranian health ministry has just published its latest casualty figures. 

Spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour has said that since Friday a total of 224 people have been killed, including children.

Another 1,277 have been wounded and 522 of them have since been discharged from hospital.

Israel "will continue operating until we feel we have removed this existential threat" from the country, IDF international spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani has told our lead world news presenter Yalda Hakim.

Shoshani said Israel could not comment on future plans but the country had "eliminated all the senior commanders in the Iranian regime".

"We will continue operating until we feel we have removed this existential threat from Israel," he said.

After reports emerged from Reuters that Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Shoshani was questioned on this.

"We don't comment on future operations" he added.

You can watch Shoshani's interview here...

The head of Iran's intelligence agency and his deputy were killed in Israeli strikes today, the state-owned Iranian news agency Tasnin reports.

The agency says Mohammad Kazemi, the head of the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), led one of the two main intelligence agencies of the country.

Strikes between Iran and Israel have resumed, with neither side showing any signs of backing down.

The two countries have been regional adversaries for decades.

But there are fears the escalating violence will lead to more civilian deaths and territorial destruction.

Here, our Europe correspondent Adam Parsons takes a look at the conflict...

Israel's El Al Airlines has announced that it has suspended all flights until at least 19 June, with additional cancellations to many European cities extending to 23 June, due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.

The Israeli flag carrier had earlier suspended all flights until 17 June, with Israel's airspace still closed.

"Once approvals are received from the relevant security and aviation authorities, we will do everything possible to allow as many Israelis as possible to return home, gradually resume our regular flight schedule and operate rescue flights from destinations near Israel," El Al said.

Israel's National Security Council (NSC) has cautioned against travel to Israel through Egypt and Jordan despite their borders being open.